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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht
Australia doesn't have any new public domain works either, since they signed a treaty with the US which forced them to raise their copyright from life+50 to life+70 in 2006, so they won't have any new public domain until 2026.
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This is true, but also, in some ways, good news for Australians, in that Australia didn't make the extension retroactive. Unfortunately, the UK did.
So although Australia won't get any new PD until 2026, all the works that will become PD in the UK from now until 2026 are ALREADY in the public domain in Australia.